Everything, no matter how evident or obvious, should be doubted, questioned, viewed with suspicion....There is much to be gained from the discovery that one has been deeply, persistently, and utterly wrong.
If I were forced to sum up in one sentence what the Copenhagen interpretation says to me, it would be 'Shut up and calculate!' - David Mermin
If I were forced to sum up in one sentence what the Copenhagen interpretation says to me, it would be 'Shut up and calculate!'
- David Mermin
One of the most beautiful papers in physics that I know of is yours in the American Journal of Physics. - David Mermin
One of the most beautiful papers in physics that I know of is yours in the American Journal of Physics.
Everything, no matter how evident or obvious, should be doubted, questioned, viewed with suspicion....There is much to be gained from the discovery t… - David Mermin
Everything, no matter how evident or obvious, should be doubted, questioned, viewed with suspicion....There is much to be gained from the discovery t…
I am awaiting the day when people remember the fact that discovery does not work by deciding what you want and then discovering it. - David Mermin
I am awaiting the day when people remember the fact that discovery does not work by deciding what you want and then discovering it.
An extrapolation of its present rate of growth reveals that in the not too distant future Physical Review will fill bookshelves at a speed exceeding … - David Mermin
An extrapolation of its present rate of growth reveals that in the not too distant future Physical Review will fill bookshelves at a speed exceeding …
coincident with the explosive growth of research, the art of writing science suffered a grave setback, and the stultifying convention descended that … - David Mermin
coincident with the explosive growth of research, the art of writing science suffered a grave setback, and the stultifying convention descended that …
...contemporary physicists come in two varieties. Type 1 physicists are bothered by EPR and Bell's Theorem. Type 2 (the majority) are not, but one ha… - David Mermin
...contemporary physicists come in two varieties. Type 1 physicists are bothered by EPR and Bell's Theorem. Type 2 (the majority) are not, but one ha…
Over the past fifty years or so, scientists have allowed the conventions of expression available to them to become entirely too confining, too confin… - David Mermin
Over the past fifty years or so, scientists have allowed the conventions of expression available to them to become entirely too confining, too confin…
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